“It used to afford me great satisfaction to take them down fresh from the lips of the fugitives on the way to freedom.” Group of answer choices

personification

metaphor

simile

alliteration

i think that the answer is a

the central idea is basically saying that juveniles that have committed a crime will not have the same consequences as the   adults that have. they will have a softer punishment than what the adults have that is harsh in some ways.

the positive connotations of the words "pretty," "quiet," and "silence" give the excerpt a tone of nervousness. i think its this